Where: Segovia, Spain (40.8° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 4.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Fossils are from a trench and associated fissure below, preserved in sand from weathering of surrounding upper Cretaceous sediments.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; medium-grained, red sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. Arribas. 1994. El yacimiento mesopleistoceno de Villacastin (Segovia, Espana): geologia y paleontologia de micromamiferos. Boletin Geologico y Minero 105:146-166 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36518: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 02.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Abundance data refers to total recovered from locality and isn't separated by level, so it isn't statistically useful
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"Equus (Asinus) sp." = Equus, Equus caballus
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Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus 1758 European rabbit cf. ssp. grenalensis; minimum number of individuals=67
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